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Crimes involving Satanism or the occult

  • Susan AtkinsOn the 24th of September 2009, Susan Atkins died at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla. Her husband, James Whitehouse, told reporters that her last whispered word was "Amen." At that moment she was California's…
  • Abundant Life Christian School shootingThe Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, began with a phone call at 10:57 a.m. on the 16th of December 2024. A second-grade teacher, standing inside the building, dialed 911 and became the first person to raise…
  • Patricia KrenwinkelPatricia Krenwinkel spoke these words during her trial, describing how she stabbed a woman: "I stabbed her and I kept stabbing her." Asked how it felt, she replied: "Nothing, I mean, what is there to describe? It was just there, and it was…
  • West Memphis ThreeThe West Memphis Three are three men who were convicted as teenagers of murdering three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993. Around 7:00 pm on the 5th of May 1993, John Mark Byers made the first report to police. His adopted…
  • Order of Nine AnglesThe Order of Nine Angles, also written ONA or O9A, offers its own history and then tells readers not to trust it. Its writings call accounts of its past "just stories and tales… to be accepted, or rejected, on that basis." That disclaimer…
  • Richard RamirezRichard Ramirez was an American burglar, sex offender and serial killer who terrorized Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. A California judge, upholding nineteen death sentences against him, said his deeds showed "cruelty,…
  • David BerkowitzDavid Berkowitz was sitting in his parked car outside a Yonkers apartment building at about 10:00 on the night of the 10th of August 1977 when Detective John Falotico aimed a gun at him. A second detective, Sergeant William Gardella,…
  • Elizabeth BáthoryElizabeth Báthory spent the evening of the 20th of August 1614 under guard in a castle, complaining that her hands were cold. Her bodyguard answered, "It's nothing, mistress. Just go lie down." She went to sleep and was found dead the next…
  • Larry Ray (criminal)In September 2010, a 50-year-old man moved into a student apartment at Sarah Lawrence College, a liberal arts school in Yonkers, just north of New York City. His name was Larry Ray, born Lawrence Grecco, and he had a simple reason to be…
  • Luis GaravitoLuis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos was sentenced to 1,853 years and 9 days in prison, the longest term ever handed down in Colombia. He was born on the 25th of January 1957 and died on the 12th of October 2023. Colombians called him La Bestia,…

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